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OLAFFUB SEZ: According to Irish playwright Oscar Wilde, born on this date in 1854, “The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
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BARGAIN BIN—Household and kitchen items, knickknacks and plants, books, records and clothing, they’re all at the University United Methodist Church Fall Trash ’n Treasures Indoor Garage Sale from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. Saturday in the fellowship hall, 410 Minnesota Ave. The bag sale starts at noon.
A theme basket event and luncheon from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. Saturday in St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, 7416 Campbell Blvd. at Tonawanda Creek Road, Amherst, features more than 50 theme baskets, a 19-inch LCD TV door prize and the Visiting Nursing Association giving flu shots.
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Harvest dinner with roast pork, 4:30 to 7 p. m. today; $9 adults, $4 kids under 10, under 4 free, benefits mission projects of United Methodist Women; Christ United Methodist Church, Harlem and Saratoga roads, Snyder.
Chiavetta’s chicken barbecue, 4:30 to 7:30 p. m. today; $8, benefits Band Booster Club; Clarence High School cafeteria, Main Street at Gunnville Road.
Spaghetti dinner, 4:30 to 7:30 p. m. Saturday; $8, to send East Aurora Middle School Marching Band to the 25th anniversary Disney Magic Music Days Festival next April; East Aurora Fire Hall, 575 Oakwood Ave.
Ham dinner, 11 a. m. to 4 p. m. Sunday; $8 adults, $5 kids, under 5 free, benefits Elma Fire Auxiliary; Elma Fire Social Hall, 2945 Bowen Road.
All-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner, 12:30 to 3 p. m. Sunday; $7 adults, $5 kids under 12. Bishop Peplowski Parish Center, 6298 Broadway, Lancaster. Silent auction drawings at 2.
Chiavetta’s chicken barbecue, 1 to 5 p. m. Sunday; $8 whole dinner, $4 half; North Amherst Fire Company, 2200 Tonawanda Creek Road, Amherst. Also, fire prevention open house, flu and pneumonia shots by the Visiting Nursing Association.
Spaghetti dinner with prizewinning sauce, 3 to 7 p. m. Sunday; $7.50 adults, $7 seniors, $4.50 kids 5 to 12, under 5 free; St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 930 Lake St., Angola.
All-you-can-eat spaghetti supper, 4 to 8 p. m. Sunday; $10 adults, $5 kids under 12, benefits Friends of Harmony; Clarence Town Park clubhouse, 10405 Main St. Music from Friends of Harmony men’s a capella chorus and quartets.
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IN VINO VERITAS— The Iron Island Museum, 998 Lovejoy St., holds a Spirits and More Spirits Wine Tasting from 1 to 6 p. m. Saturday. A $15 ticket includes a guided ghost tour. Linda Zimmerman will talk and sign copies of the latest book in her Ghost Investigation Series.
More than 20 local wineries will pour at the fourth annual Wines at the Shrine event from 6 to 9 p. m. Saturday in Ismailia Shrine, 1600 Southwestern Blvd., West Seneca. Tickets are $25. For info, call 674-8666.
Immaculata Academy, 5138 South Park Ave., Hamburg, hosts a Pub Night for its 10th annual athletic fundraiser from 7 to 11 p. m. Saturday. A $25 ticket includes food and beverages, plus an evening of pub games, including Wii contests, darts, auctions and door prizes.
Lewiston Village Pub hosts its first Pubfest from noon to 6 p. m. Sunday in Academy Park and in the pub at 840 Center St. to benefit the Variety Kids Telethon. Music includes Terry Buchwald doing Elvis, Jack Civiletto doing Frank Sinatra, the Maria Aurigema Band and others. There’s a beer tent, classic car show and crafts for kids. Attending will be the 2010 Telethon Celebrity Child, Sarah Kopasz of Lewiston.
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WINGING IT—Put your recipe to the test at the Third Annual Chicken Wing Sauce Competition from 4 to 7 p. m. Saturday in Franklinville Aristocrats Chapter 1517, I. O. O. B., at 16 Park Square, Franklinville. Proceeds benefit Roswell Park Cancer Institute in honor of Keana Pepper, a club member’s granddaughter who is battling leukemia. Also door prizes, raffles, beverage specials and, of course, wings.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY— Glenn Hopkins, Jen Hassett, Josephine Gambino, Dorothy Vogl, Matthew Kujawa-Britton, Theresa Dodolak, Elva Johnson, Donnie Rogers, Margaret Carl, Joann Ramaekers, Kevin Lombardo Jr., Frank Ernest, Rob Moore, Cheryl Raditic, Matt Glynn, Juliette Spink.
SATURDAY—Jessica Katherine Hopkins, Barbara Gutowski, Tara Kennelly, Roy Becker, Al Becker, Connor C. Mann, Ryan Hooley, Dan Miller, Carlie Martinez, Mary Walden, Dorothy Berger, Marge Andis, Kathy Lounsbury, Patrick Connors, Mary E. Herberger, Eliza Frank and Thomas Peffer.
AND SUNDAY—Gavin Thomas O’Neill, Richard Hummert, Nicholas Hopkins, Chris
C. Deci, Kathy Toner, Marty Wise, Pete Fox, Caroline Koelmel, Joan Ohl, Pat Catalino, Antoinette Valenti, Mary Ann Schmigel, Landon Staszczyk, Nina Vadala, Zinia Barrett, Sal DiBenedetto, Karen Greenwald, Ashleigh Nicole Schilling, James Trimper, Terry Connors, Todd Pacer, Kean Kolodziejski and Nick Orluk.
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